How much revenue did Automata Empire make?

$5k–$15k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Automata Empire sell?

Q: How many copies did Automata Empire sell?

2k to 4k copies, based on its 53 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–4k; $5k–$15k after Steam's cut $10k–$23k before Steam's cut; from 53 reviews (Mixed)

Copies are estimated from the public review count, adjusted for release year, and cross-checked against SteamSpy's own estimate.

Did the prediction match what actually happened?

We hid Automata Empire and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Automata Empire's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.9M–9.4M

best case 16.0M (Palworld)

Games like Automata Empire

A typical game among these

≈ 2.9M–9.4M copies

≈ $23.0M–$113.1M after Steam's cut

from ~188k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Palworld at ≈ 12.2M–19.8M copies, ≈ $100.5M–$270.1M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 86k reviews in their first month; the range was 11k to 469k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Open World (7 of 8) and Base-Building (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World + Survival, priced around $30.
When they shipped: 4 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this genre is actively shipping.

How these numbers were worked out

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

Copies come from each game's reviews times a sales-per-review rate that falls with release age, from about 31 for the most recent game here to about 36 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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Palworld 2026	Est. copies ≈ 12.2M–19.8M 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 50M–100M	Est. revenue $100.5M–$270.1M after Steam's cut $182.7M–$415.6M before Steam's cut	$29.99	491k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldSurvival
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The Planet Crafter 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1.9M–3.0M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.2M–$32.9M after Steam's cut $22.3M–$50.6M before Steam's cut	$23.99	75k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftBase-Building
Stormworks: Build and Rescue 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $10.3M–$27.6M after Steam's cut $18.7M–$42.5M before Steam's cut	$24.99	60k reviews Very Positive	SandboxBase-Building
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